Mar 27, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Andritz AG agreed to a dividend payment of Euro 1.10 per share for the 2008 business year; this corresponds to an increase of 10% in comparison with the dividend for the 2007 business year (Euro 1.00 per share). Ex-dividend date is March 31, 2009, the date of payment April 3, 2009, as the company informed Lesprom Network. Hellwig Torggler, who has been a member of the Andritz AG Supervisory Board since 2000 and deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board since 2004, as well as Peter Mitterbauer, member of the Supervisory Board of Andritz AG since 2003, were reappointed to the Supervisory Board of Andritz AG. The Andritz Group is a global market leader for customized plants, process technologies, and services for the hydropower, pulp and paper, metals, and other industries (solid/liquid separation, feed and biofuel).